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That doesn’t matter. Because faith works by love, love always needs to be your overall motivation. So, even though the car you’re driving right now isn’t very good, as long as you have it, do the best you can to make it a BLESSING to whomever you can. Jerry Savelle did this years ago when he first joined our ministry. He was just getting started in the faith life and although he was believing for a good car, he was still driving an old rattletrap that had all kinds of things wrong with it. One cold morning Jerry drove me to the airport in it. It was like a refrigerator in there. Even though I had my topcoat on, it was miserable. “Jerry, turn on the heater!” I said. “It’s on full blast already,” he replied. Slapping the dashboard, I hollered at the heater, “Work, in the Name of Jesus!” and it came on with such force that before long we were roasting. I told Jerry to turn it down, but he couldn’t. “It won’t turn off!” he said. That car was worn out, but it wasn’t dirty. Jerry did all he could to keep it in the best shape possible. Although it wasn’t yet what he was believing for, he used that car to serve The LORD because he loves Him, he loves people, and he was determined to be a BLESSING. God is Love. He has faith. So, when we’re operating in the God kind of faith, love is always our motivation. When Jesus was preparing for His encounter with the demon-possessed man in Gadara, love was behind everything He did. He set His faith on getting the man delivered because He was moved with compassion for him. He got those new clothes ready for him because He loved him. Then He delivered the man and sent him home to preach the message of God’s love to all his friends. As believers, we’re called to operate the same way. As Ephesians 5:1-2 says, we’re to “be imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father]. And walk in love, [esteeming and delighting in one another] as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us” ("Amplified Bible, Classic Edition"). Love is our new covenant law! Jesus said, “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another” (John 13:34). What’s more, faith is “activated and energized and expressed…through love” (Galatians 5:6, "AMPC"). So, if you’ve done everything you know to do and your faith doesn’t seem to be working, it’s wise to check up on your love walk. The LORD reminded me of this in a big way years ago after we’d been doing daily television broadcasts for a while. I hadn’t wanted to do them in the first place, but God had told me to, so I’d done as He’d instructed, but I hated every minute of it. I was so exhausted by it, the only time during the tapings that I’d smile was when I looked at the camera and the red light came on. One day I was talking to The LORD about some financial challenges the ministry had been facing that I’d been believing to be resolved, and I quoted Isaiah 1:19 to Him. “LORD,” I said, “You promised in Your WORD that ‘If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land.’” 'You don’t qualify for that,' He told me. 'You’ve been obedient, but you haven’t been willing. You haven’t had one good word to say about daily TV since you started doing it.' I immediately repented and changed my attitude. From then on, I started saying, “I love daily television.” Although initially I didn’t feel any different, one day it hit me: I really do love daily television! I love it because I love my Partners! Now, when I’m recording daily TV broadcasts and I look at the camera, I don’t just see a little black hole, I see my Partners. I preach to them and love it because I love them and all the other people who watch those programs. This is how God’s system works! It works by faith that is energized by love. So whatever you’re believing for, make sure love is your motivation, then believe you receive according to God’s WORD, praise Him, and add some corresponding action. “Dig a hole!” as Brother Roberts said. Do whatever you can to get ready for God’s WORD to become a manifest reality in your life because faith prepares! V POINTS TO GET YOU THERE: 1) Brother Oral Roberts used to dig a hole by faith. (Jas. 2:14) 2) The woman with the issue of blood not only believed she would be healed when she touched Jesus’ clothing, she did it. (Mark 5:27, 29) 3) Jesus prepared by faith for the deliverance of the demon-possessed man by getting clothes for him in advance. (Mark 5:15, NLT) 4) Jesus prepared new clothes for that man by faith because He loved him. (Gal. 5:6) 5) Love is our command, so make sure your motive is love and your faith is accompanied by action. 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